[Linux-cluster] doubts about using clvm

[carlopmart]

Sorry my poor vocabulary :)

Erling Nygaard wrote:
> Some nitpicking first :-)
> There is no such thing as a "GFS server" or "GFS client". The nodes that 
> are mounting a GFS filesystem are usually called "GFS nodes"
> However, there are indeed "GNBD servers" and "GNBD clients that exports 
> and imports blockdevices.
> 
> So I understand your setup to be one node (the Ubuntu node) is acting as 
> a GNBD server and exports two disk drives.

Correct.

> And then there are two nodes (the RHEL4 nodes) that acts as GNBD clients 
> and imports the two disk drives.

Correct.
  On these disk drives is the GFS filesystem.

No, these are raw partiitons as describres in sources.redhat.com 
(min-gfs.txt).
> 
> I have not used CLVM with GFS yet, but with the old pool-driver (the 
> volume manager that was shipped with GFS previously) this setup could be 
> done in 2 different ways:
> 1. Combine the two disk drives on the GNBD server and export _one_ volume
In this case I need to run clvm on ubuntu server, right??

> 2. Export _two_ volumes from the GNBD server and combine the volumes on 
> the GNBD client / GFS nodes.
> 
> I would assume both ways would work with CLVM.
> 
> 
> On 1/2/06, *carlopmart* <carlopmart at gmail.com 
> <mailto:carlopmart at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>       I am testing Cluster/GFS suite under my vmware lab. I have installed
>     two RHEL 4 with CS and GFS support. Another machine acts as a GFS
>     server (Ubuntu breezy server that has rhcs/gfs included).
> 
>       Ubuntu server has two phisycal disks exported by gnbd daemon and
>     RHEL   import these disks as a GFS clients. But I would like to export
>     these disks as a unique disk using LVM. Then, I need to start clvm
>     process under Ubuntu server or on RHEL clients??? Is it possible to
>     accomplish this?.
> 
>     Thanks.
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